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A local source in #Khoms reported that following disembarkation (70 people) a shooting happened — 5 people were shot, 2 died + other injured. Local IOM team was on the ground.
Survivors have been brought to Souq Al-Khamis detention centre, other escaped.
Survivors have been brought to Souq Al-Khamis detention centre, other escaped.
#Libya Staff from @IOM_Libya, reported that local authorities in #Khoms started shooting when the migrants attempted to escape from the disembarkation point.
Full statement iom.int/news/iom-deplo…
Full statement iom.int/news/iom-deplo…
Little #thread about @UNHCRLibya & their registration process in #Libya.
According to the UNHCR, registration is an important tool in ensuring the integrity of refugee protection systems & preventing fraud, corruption & crime, including trafficking. unhcr.org/en-ie/registra…
According to the UNHCR, registration is an important tool in ensuring the integrity of refugee protection systems & preventing fraud, corruption & crime, including trafficking. unhcr.org/en-ie/registra…
In #Libya, UNHCR is registering asylum seekers & refugees only belonging to 9 nationalities.
1.Iraqi
2.Syrian
3.Palestinian
4.Sudanese
5.South Sudanese
6.Eritrea
7. Ethiopian
8.Yemeni
9.Somali
Full data data2.unhcr.org/en/country/lby
1.Iraqi
2.Syrian
3.Palestinian
4.Sudanese
5.South Sudanese
6.Eritrea
7. Ethiopian
8.Yemeni
9.Somali
Full data data2.unhcr.org/en/country/lby
In #Libya, I met with people people in detention, like John, who has been held in Tarik Al Sika Detention Center for more than 2 years. He only received a piece of paper from UNHCR with his registration number.
#Libya #Refugees Check out this investigation into the UNHCR's operation in Libya & the reality for refugees subjected to unlawful detention.
With @lillomontalto for @euronews.
PART 1: bit.ly/2owJtJQ
PART 2: bit.ly/2ov0fJu
More to come tomorrow. Stay tuned!
With @lillomontalto for @euronews.
PART 1: bit.ly/2owJtJQ
PART 2: bit.ly/2ov0fJu
More to come tomorrow. Stay tuned!
@lillomontalto @euronews #Libya I spoke with a former @UNHCRLibya staff who painted an image of an agency overstretched & out of its depth, with asylum seekers left homeless, deprived of medical care & in legal limbo in an increasingly violent Libya.
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@lillomontalto @euronews @UNHCRLibya #Libya In August 2019, Libyan authorities in Tripoli confirmed the shutdown of 3 detention centres in #Misrata #Khoms & #Tajoura, in reality the centres are still open. euronews.com/2019/10/03/unh…
#Libya According to the first info a ship left from Al Khoms, 120 km east of #Tripoli, with about 300 people. ~ 150 people are feared to have died & another 150 have being returned to Libya. The survivors were picked up by local fishermen.
#Libya Among the survivors of the last shipwreck there were #Eritrea|ns and #Sudan|ese, including women and children.
In Al-Khums, the bodies of people who died after their wooden boat capsized off the coast of #Libya. The hangar belongs to the Libyan Directorate for Combatting Illegal Migration (DCIM). Red Crescent teams have been recovered 62 bodies so far.
After almost 5 years of fight, #ISIS "caliphate" has been eliminated from de map. Many actors have contributed in the liberation of an 300000 Km^2 zone between Syria & Irak : (1)
- #ISF / #PMU : 150214 km^2 (52 %) [#Coalition & #IAF]
- #SAA : 81950 Km^2 (28 %) [#RuAF, #IRGC & #PMU]
- #SDF : 44054 Km^2 (15 %) [#Coalition]
- #FSA /#TFSA : 8866 Km^2 (3,2 %) [#Coalition & #TSK]
- #KF : 4687 Km^2 (1,6 %) [#Coalition]
- #LAF : 350 Km^2 (0,2 %) [#RuAF & #LAF]
- #SAA : 81950 Km^2 (28 %) [#RuAF, #IRGC & #PMU]
- #SDF : 44054 Km^2 (15 %) [#Coalition]
- #FSA /#TFSA : 8866 Km^2 (3,2 %) [#Coalition & #TSK]
- #KF : 4687 Km^2 (1,6 %) [#Coalition]
- #LAF : 350 Km^2 (0,2 %) [#RuAF & #LAF]
Thread about the last days in the #Mediterranean + arrivals in #Libya. Remind that #Europe is feeding this business of suffering.
On Saturday, a ship sank off the coast of #Libya with 117 people on board, only 3 survivors from #Sudan & #Gambia were taken to #Lampedusa. There is a hundred missing: mainly people from #Nigeria, #Cameroon, #Gambia, #Ivory_Coast and #Sudan.
